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The research from nonprofit payer group the Alliance for Community Health Plans adds to existing evidence that major insurers are unfairly profiting from MA’s risk adjustment system, driving billions of dollars in unnecessary costs for Medicare.

Albert Bourla heralded the president’s COVID-19 leadership and Operation Warp Speed initiative as a Nobel Prize–worthy achievement and said that Pfizer stands by the integrity of the data already shared.

The letter cites turmoil at the CDC, which is reeling from the firing of Director Susan Monarez and the departure of at least four high-level leaders last week.

Pulsed field ablation and transcatheter aortic valve implants were in focus at the European Society of Cardiology Congress in Madrid.

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Analysts said the companies should benefit “as the therapy algorithm is further streamlined and additional patients are encouraged to receive TAVR.”

In an opinion piece in the Wall Street Journal, Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said he will roll chronic disease programs into a new Administration for a Healthy America.

The government alleges executives at ProMedica pressured four facilities to increase admissions and cut staffing, even while patient care deteriorated.

In a series of memos last week, Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research Director Vinay Prasad outlined the FDA’s thinking on the recent limited approvals for updated COVID-19 vaccines.

ACOs are also improving in quality, according to the CMS data. Still, the Medicare Shared Savings Program has struggled with waning provider buy-in.